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DVD : Stop-LossIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish, Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt directed by: Kimberly Peirce  List Price: $34.99 Amazon.com's Price: $19.99 You Save: $15.00 (43%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Paramount EAN: 0097363476542 Format: Widescreen, NTSC Label: Paramount / MTV Manufacturer: Paramount / MTV Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Paramount / MTV Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 08, 2008 Running Time: 111 minutes Studio: Paramount / MTV Theatrical Release Date: March 29, 2008 Sales Rank: 7687 MPN: PARD347654D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 01/27/2009 Run time: 111 minutes Rating: R Amazon.com: Kimberly Peirce's long-hatching follow-up to Boys Don't Cry is another issue-driven look at its era: Stop-Loss hinges on U.S. military policy allowing Iraq War soldiers to be returned to combat even after their official hitches are up. In this case, a band of brothers return to home turf in Brazos, Texas, only to discover that team leader Brandon King (Ryan Phillippe) has gotten a Stop-Loss order to head back to the Middle East. After some flavorful sketches of small-town Texas life and the awkwardness of re-adjustment, the movie somewhat clumsily hits the road, where there's more wheel-spinning than deep insight. Peirce and co. seem to want to hit all the Iraq War bases, which may be one reason the film lacks a strong focus. Supporting soldiers Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are rather more interesting than Phillippe's brooding hero, and Abbie Cornish is stuck in a thankless town-between-two-lovers storyline. It's sincere as all get-out, but Stop-Loss feels like a project that began with an issue and a cause, rather than compelling characters. --Robert Horton Average Rating:
 Rating:  - "Your country needs you to go back."Ryan Phillippe is Staff Sergeant Brandon King, the leader of a battalion fighting in a small town in Iraq. One day, the battalion is attacked by some Iraqis in a taxicab, and King and his men chase after the culprits. The chase ends in an alleyway, where they pursue on foot. Unfortunately, they are ambushed and several of King's men are killed. We then flash forward to King and some of his pals going back home to Texas for leave. Some of them, including King, will be released, and they talk ... Read More Rating:  - Not totally accurate, but heartbreakingHow you feel about this movie will depend on how you feel about the invasion and occupation of Iraq in the first place. I've been reading 1-star reviews by pro-military people, including active duty soldiers saying, "These guys are cowards. If you volunteer, you're giving your life to the military, so do your duty." And 4-star reviews by people who are against the war, saying StopLoss captures the heartbreak and trauma this war has caused. I know this movie isn't particularly accurate, ... Read More Rating: - Stop the LossesThis movie has a strong anti-war message but presents it in a way that does not dishonor or diminish the soldiers on the front line. It does however offer a pointed and legitimate critique of the government and military leaders. The acting is solid, each character with their own hopes, biases, struggles and loyalties. The painful reality of combat and its indelible impact on those who fight speaks for itself and challenges viewers to look at what they believe in and why. Rating:  - Wow!How decent, brave, fairly naive kids get taken advantage of, is what this film invites us to think about. It is more a film about the psychological casualties of war stateside than about battle in Iraq. There is just enough battle to show why kids might have bad dreams and family problems when they get home, and so those scenes were necessarily condensed.This may be somewhat unrealistic, and certainly not representative for all soldiers, much as Jarhead may be not representative of everyone with regard ... Read More Rating: - Stop Loss by BrandonThis movie was o.k. I thought it would be better than it was. The story was good and so were the actors, but it had too many cliches and the movie was too drawn out. Average. Browse for similar items by category:
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